Gab Marcotti: Italy vs. Germany. Plenty of drama, proper rivalry, proper managers and history made. What more could you want?
Iain Macintosh: Wales' victory over Belgium will live long in the memory for so many reasons: It was unexpected, it was a triumph of team spirit and it made Welsh-blooded ESPN FC man Chris Jones crumple and sob openly into the back of my shirt. Which I can't wear again.
Chris Jones: Wales 3-1 Belgium. Not just because it meant so much to me, but because it really was an objectively great football game. An unexpected winner, terrific tension and action and two of the tournament's top goals. A magical night. (Sorry about the shirt, Iain. A fiver's in the mail. Send back the change.)
Raf Honigstein: Germany vs. France. Of the handful of matches that delivered football of genuine quality, this was by far the best. The hosts were sharp and dangerous every time they ventured into Germany's final third; the World Cup winners were at their controlled, fluid best in possession. The game was decided by two fluke goals, but that doesn't detract from its brilliance.
Julien Laurens: Italy vs. Germany. I thought tactically it was a fascinating contest between two great managers and two very clever sets of players. The drama of the penalty shootout was something else as well.
John Brewin: The obvious answer is France vs. Germany but, of the matches I attended, Croatia's 2-1 win against Spain in Bordeaux will be most remembered. Spain's hold on the title was loosened by Ivan Perisic's late winner; it meant they would have to face Italy next. It was a shame that Croatia froze in the round of 16 against Portugal.
Nick Ames: France's semifinal win over Germany ended up being relatively comfortable but, for over an hour, it was the kind of toe-to-toe contest between two big hitters that this tournament generally lacked, and was fascinating for it.
Miguel Delaney: France's semifinal win over Germany was really the only truly high-quality game of the tournament -- bar maybe Croatia vs. Spain -- and was elevated by the stakes and the intensity of the ending. It also made for what felt like the biggest event of Euro 2016, especially since France then lost in the final.
Graham Hunter: Wales 3-1 Belgium. This was an immense game, far better than France vs. Germany in that the better team won and did so despite falling behind. It was also won with two world-class goals in a cauldron atmosphere. And Wales, unlike France, won without the benefit of schoolboy errors -- Hello, Germany! This was football in its pure state.
BEST GOAL
Marcotti: Xherdan Shaqiri vs. Poland. We can talk about the importance of goals all we like -- and it was pretty important -- but when you pull off something that improbable and spectacular, you ought to be rewarded.
Macintosh: Time was running out. Humiliation beckoned. And then Dimitri Payet stepped up and thundered an extinction-level event for France past Romania's Ciprian Tatarusanu in the opener. And that's how tournaments should begin.
Jones: Hal Robson-Kanu's manufacture of a dream goal out of what seemed a blown chance. One of the best turns any of us has seen, followed by a perfect finish to give Wales a shocking lead over Belgium that they wouldn't relinquish.
Honigstein: Shaqiri. The idea. The audacity. The execution. A flawless piece of football artistry.
Laurens: Shaqiri against Poland. His technique was perfect and it was such a difficult goal to score.
Brewin: I was lucky enough to witness Shaqiri's bicycle kick for Switzerland against Poland but, for technical brilliance, I cannot look beyond Cristiano Ronaldo's header against Wales. His hang time was so long that the ball had hit the back of the net by the time he returned to earth.
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